Halyna Tolochina , a member of the village council, struggled to compose herself as she went through the list, scribbled in black on the plaster either side of a green door, in the gloomy warren where she said she and hundreds of others were confined.
Reuters spoke to seven residents of Yahidne who said that, in total, at least 20 people died or were killed during the Russian occupation. No official death toll has been released by Ukrainian authorities. "This one was buried in the yard," she said, pointing to the name Shevchenko V. "And this one, they said he is there , somewhere," she said, pointing to the name Shevchenko T, whose body has not been recovered.Tamara Klymchuk and her dog stand next to the grave of a local man.
On March 5, the villagers said they were ordered into the school basement where they were to spend the next 25 days, with only brief breaks to relieve themselves or stretch their legs.6 Apr 2022They described sharing buckets for a toilet and taking turns to sleep in the small, crowded rooms as there was not enough space for everyone to lie down.
She said that the first burial - a man killed by the soldiers and four elderly people who died in the basement - took place on March 12. Russian soldiers allowed out some youths to dig shallow graves.A destroyed building stands in the village of Yahidne.
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